Job overview

The post holder will provide a specialist nursing service to people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and their families. The postholder will work autonomously and will be an integral part of the Multidisciplinary Team within the Neurology Department at Hull Royal Infirmary.

The role of the MND Specialist Nurse will encompass the delivery of holistic patient focused care, based upon nursing assessment to people with MND who live in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire and who are under the care of a Neurologist in the Neurology Department at Hull Royal Infirmary. The post holder will provide specialist support to people with MND and their family, from their diagnosis, through to end of life care, including referral for bereavement and support where appropriate. They will be required to work across both acute and primary care sectors in liaison with a broad Multidisciplinary Team.

The post holder will participate in the development of formal and informal education programmes for patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals, to promote a better understanding of MND. They will also act as a resource to patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals for specialist clinic advice within both the Acute Trust and the Primary Care Trusts it serves. The promotion and participation in clinical and nursing research will be an integral part of the post.

Main duties of the job

To be undertake detailed responsibilities under the following sections:

• workload management
• communication
• human resource management
• performance and resource management
• decision making and advice
• initiating and implementing change
• Quality and clinical governance 
• health and safety

please see attached job description for full details of duties.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.